# faltar
## Asturian
### Etymology

From falta +‎ -ar.

### Verb

faltar (first-person singular indicative present falto, past participle faltáu)
* to be lacking/missing
* to disappear from
* to fail

#### Conjugation
## Catalan
### Etymology

From falta +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [fəlˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [falˈtaɾ]
* Homophone: faltà
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

faltar (first-person singular present falto, first-person singular preterite faltí, past participle faltat)
* to be lacking
* to be left, to remain
* to be missing, to be absent
    Synonym: mancar

#### Derived terms

* trobar a faltar

### Further reading

* “faltar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From falta +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /falˈtaɾ/ [fɑl̪ˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: fal‧tar

### Verb

faltar (first-person singular present falto, first-person singular preterite faltei, past participle faltado) (intransitive)
* to be missing; to be lacking
* to be lacking; to be absent
    Synonym: fallar
* to remain; to be left (for completing something)
    Synonyms: quedar, restar
* to skip, to miss
    Synonym: asistir
* to be missing; to be absent

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* falta
* non faltaba máis
* o que faltaba

### Further reading

* “faltar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “faltar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Ladino
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish faltar (“to lack”).

### Verb

faltar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling פ׳אלטאר) (intransitive)
* to lack; to want; to be absent from
** 1990, דוד בנבנשתי, לקט: צרור מאמרים על מורשת יהדות המזרח‎, ד. בנבנשתי, page 120:i ke este en sano kon semanada i keno le falte nadaand that I be healthy for a week and that I lack nothing
* to miss; to long for; to be missed by
** 2000, Los Muestros‎, R. Capuia, page 53:Solo fui kuando faltaron mi madre i dispues mi padre en Tlemcen.It was only when I missed my mother and then my father in Tlemcen.
* to make a mistake (err)
    Synonym: errar
** 2000, Salamon Bicerano, Relatos akademikos i populares en Judeo-Espanyol (1998–2000)‎, Gözlem, →ISBN, page 24:[…] i no faltar de entrar tadre al salon, justo a tiempo.And to not make the mistake of entering the guest room late, [but] just in time.

#### Related terms

* falta
* falto

### References

* ↑ “faltar”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Old Spanish
### Verb

faltar (intransitive)
* to lack (want)

#### Descendants

* Ladino: faltar, פ׳אלטאר
* Spanish: faltar

### References

* Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “faltar”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 250

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From falta +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /fawˈta(ʁ)/ [faʊ̯ˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /fawˈta(ʁ)/ [faʊ̯ˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /fawˈta(ɾ)/ [faʊ̯ˈta(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /fawˈta(ʁ)/ [faʊ̯ˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /fawˈta(ɻ)/ [faʊ̯ˈta(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /falˈtaɾ/ [faɫˈtaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /falˈtaɾ/ [faɫˈtaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /falˈta.ɾi/ [faɫˈta.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: fal‧tar

### Verb

faltar (first-person singular present falto, first-person singular preterite faltei, past participle faltado) (intransitive)
* to be missing; to be lacking
    Faltou luz na cidade inteira.The entire city’s power went off.(literally, “The light went missing in the whole city.”)
* to be lacking; to be absent [with a or em]
    Antonym: sobrar
    Falta-te coragem. ― You lack courage. (literally, “Courage is absent in you.”)
* to skip, to miss [with a or (Brazil) em]
    Antonyms: ir, comparecer
    Faltei à escola. ― I skipped school.
* to remain; to be left (for completing something)
    Só faltam duas horas para sua saída.It’s only two hours left for him/her to leave.
* (of a person) to be absent, not present

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* era só o que me faltava
* falta
* fazer falta

### Further reading

* “faltar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “faltar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “faltar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “faltar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish faltar (“to lack”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /falˈtaɾ/ [fal̪ˈt̪aɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: fal‧tar

### Verb

faltar (first-person singular present falto, first-person singular preterite falté, past participle faltado) (intransitive)
* to be lacking, to lack, to not have (of a quality or circumstance) [with a ‘someone’]
    Te falta imaginación.You lack imagination.(literally, “Imagination lacks to you.”)
* to be lacking, to lack, to not have (of a person) [with a or (obsolete) de ‘something needed’]
    Synonym: carecer
    Faltas a la imaginación.You lack imagination.
* to remain
    ¿Cuánto tiempo falta?How much time left?
    Falta un mes para mi cumpleaños.My birthday is a month away.
* to be absent, to be missing
    Aún falta una persona.One person is still missing.
* to miss [with a ‘a date or an appointment’]
    faltar al trabajo ― to miss work

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* faltante
* faltar a la cita
* faltar al respeto
* faltar calle
* faltar el canto de un duro
* faltar el respeto
* faltarle el respeto
* faltarle un hervor
* faltarle un tornillo
* faltarle un verano
* lo que faltaba
* no faltaba más
* querer faltarle el respeto

#### Related terms

* falta
* falto
* hacer falta

### Further reading

* “faltar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10